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Walter Ralston Martin (September 10, 1928 – June 26, 1989) was an American Baptist Christian minister and author who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a parachurch ministry specializing as a clearing-house of information in both general Christian apologetics and in countercult apologetics.
The Christian countercult movement or the Christian anti-cult movement is a social movement among certain Protestant evangelical and fundamentalist [1] and other Christian ministries ("discernment ministries" [2]) and individual activists who oppose religious sects that they consider cults.
By 1989, The Kingdom of the Cults had sold over 500,000 copies and was one of the ten best-selling American spiritual books. The book has been described as being regarded by evangelicals as “the authoritative reference work on major cult systems for nearly 40 years.” [4] However, it has been criticized by members of some of the groups it discusses, particularly Mormons, who object that ...
The Christian Research Institute (CRI) is an evangelical Christian apologetics ministry. [1] [2] It was established in October 1960 in the state of New Jersey by Walter Martin (1928–1989). [3] In 1974, Martin relocated the ministry to San Juan Capistrano, California. [4] The ministry's office was relocated in the 1990s near Rancho Santa ...
Martin was the founder of the apologetics ministry Christian Research Institute. [4] In 1974 Martin relocated the Institute from New Jersey to Southern California where he re-established his ministry in association with the Melodyland School of Theology. [5] Martin officiated as the minister at the marriage ceremony of the Passantinos. [6]
The anti-cult movement, abbreviated ACM and also known as the countercult movement, [1] consists of various governmental and non-governmental organizations and individuals that seek to raise awareness of religious groups that they consider to be "cults", uncover coercive practices used to attract and retain members, and help those who have become involved with harmful cult practices.
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